Fishing line reel



Oct., 28, 1952 Filed Jan. 15, 1949 INVEMTORG P. c. PALMER ETAL 2,615,647

FISHING LINE REEL 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Arr/v3 Patented Oct. 28, 1952 FISHING LINE REEL Philip Charles Palmer, Alvechurch, and Herbert William James, Redditch, England; said James assigner to said Palmer Application January 15, 1949, Serial No. 71,182 In Great Britain January 21, 1948 4 Claims.

This invention relates to fishing line reels used with ily fishing reels, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in fishing line reels of the kind wherein the axis of the reel is approximately parallel to the length of the rod.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a reel enabling the line to be wound-in without twisting it.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel construction which can be produced and assembled at a low cost and which will be light in weight and easily handled.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, on the centre line and with one moulding or casting and the parts carried thereby removed.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure l.

Figure 5 is an end view upon an enlarged scale showing the means for operating the line pick-up arm by a backward movement of the driving spindle.

Figure 6 is an end view partly in section and on an enlarged scale showing the means employed to retain the spool against axial movement relatively to the sleeve upon which it is mounted and the means employed to prevent the spool from rotating relatively to the spool spindle.

In the construction illustrated the reel comprises a hollow body made in two parts and |01. These two parts are -secured together by screws |02 and 103. The part 10| is provided with a boss 104 for the shank |05 of a bevel wheel |06. The shank forms the drive shaft, and at its end it has a portion of non-circular section upon which a crank handle |01 is secured by a screw |08.

Within the body part |00 is secured by screws 103 and |10 a bracket |11 which incorporates a guide surface 12 and two spaced bearings |13, 4. Mounted in the bearing |13 is one end of the spool shaft |14. This spool shaft does not ro-tate under normal conditions but is capable of rotating when excessive line tension is encountered. The opposite end of this shaft 14 is provided with a reduced and threaded part 1 15 upon which is screwed a sleeve |16. This sleeve has a iange 1 |1 at its rear end, and it is provided with a plain cylindrical bearing surface |18 on which is mounted a hollow rotatable cap 19. Screwing onto the exterior of the sleeve is a nut |20. The cap |19 is provided` with a bearing portion 12| which can rotate on the bearing surface |18. The cap 1| 9 is provided with a dome-like portion at its forward end and with a. cylindrical portion |22 for the greater part of its length, terminating in an external flange |23 of approximately circular section.

Mounted to slide upon the shaft 1 14 is a sleeve |24 upon which screws a collar |25 which engages the guide surface |12 so that the collar cannot rotate. The collar is provided with a groove |26 engaged by a pin |21 on the bevel wheel |06. The pin 121 is eccentric in relation to the axis 0f the shank |05 so that when the bevel wheel is rotated by turning the crank handle the sleeve |24 is reciprocated on the shaft |4.

At a position adjacent the yopen end of the cap 119 the spool |28 is mounted on the sleeve 124, this spool normally having no rotary movement but reciprocating with the sleeve. The forward flange of the spool is provided with a lever 123 (see Figures 4 and 6). This lever is pivoted to the ange of the spool at |30 and the lever is acted upon by a spring |31 one end of which engages a projection |32 on the spool flange and the opposite end of which engages the free end of the lever |29. The lever is provided with an arcuate recess |33 which engages in a peripheral slot |34 extending partly around the sleeve |24, thus ensuring that the spool reciprocates axially with the sleeve but permitting the spool to be removed from the sleeve when required.

Further. the flange |23 of the spool has xed to it a bracket 35 one edge |36 of which engages a flat |31 on the spindle |14. This arrangement prevents any relative rotary movement between the spool and the spindle 14.

During normal operation. neither the spool nor the spindle 1 14 rotates, but provision may be. made to allow them to rotate against a check device when excessive line tension is encountered. The check device incorporates a toothed wheel |38 fixed on the spindle 114, the teeth of this wheel being engaged by a pawl |39 pivoted at |40 to the bracket 11|. The pawl is provided with an arm 14| which is acted upon by a spring |42 (see Figures 1 and 3). The spring |42 is mounted in an arm |43 of a two-armed lever pivoted at |44 to the bracket |11. The second arm |45 of this lever is acted upon by a cam or eccentric |46 mounted on a pin |41 extending through a boss |48 on the body member |00. The pin |41 is provided with a knurled head |49 to enable it to be turned to vary the pressure of the spring 142.

It should be observed that the arm |41 of the pawl engages a stop mounted on the bracket |11 so that, as seen in Figure 3, the

pawl |39 can move around the axis of the screw |40 in an anticlockwise direction only, and consequently this possible rotary movement of the spool and spindle Il can take place in one direction only and it only occurs when line tension is excessive.

In this construction the line is wound on the spool by a line picl-up which rotates around the spool. This line pick-up is shown at Sill and consists of a straight arin which engages the line at one side only. When in the winding position the picloup arm is approximately radial to the axis o the spool, out the pick-up arm is pivoted a E52 and means are provided whereby it may be turned through a sufficient angle to bring it away from the line so that the line is free for making a cast. The pick-up arm |54 is formed Toy the end oi a pin |53 on which a iiange i. The pin is mounted parallel to the axis of the spool in a lug iSd projecti' g fron one side of the rotary 55. This rotary dis at its centre is provided with asleeve-lilae portion iSS which can rotate in the bearing and. and

on the sleeve l''l. Tn the dra le disc sleeve-like portion 1::*3 and the lu are sltA as being formed integrally, but obviously may be made in two or more separate parts nected together. The sleeve-like portion 53 engages one end of the bracket l l and it is iurther provided with a bevel pinion which i'= engaged and driven by the bevel wheel iil.

Means are provided for moving the line ai up arm from the windi Figures 4 and 5 to a position i clear f the li-e. This is done by turning pin |3 throgli a stance as ar', it mont illustrated tl' the cranl; handle from the winding directie" The body ineinbers armed trip lever, thelever |52. rThis lever can be seen in Figures the lever being shown in dotted lines in 5 as it is behind the disc The two le e l and S are each provided wi projecting cylindrical portion, these portions ing shown at E63, Etf-Z, and at the end each. these portions is cut to provide fiat surfaces 65, IES. Mounted on the web two stop pins Iii, |83, and the lever can oec between these pins. rThe tivo-armed trip lever may be replaced by a quadrant.

The pin iii-3 entends hre-ugh the lug has mounted on its end a lever E "t This lever has its main portion disposed to the rear of the disc and has a portion Eli disposed vparallel to the axis, which portion ili extends through an arcuate slot EEZ in the disc. The portion l?! terminates in a radially-disposed portion H3. The lever is acted upon by a spring |14 secured by a screw i'i to the disc, 'the spring having an arm which bears upon the portion l'lct of the disc. The main arin of the spring is of curved torni, as shown, and presses against the part Il! of the lever lili.

Referring tc Figure 5, the lever ii@ can move from the position shown around the axis or the pin |53 in an anticlockwise direction until the part lll has moved to the opposite end of the slot |12, and the spring l'ii operates to retain the lever |16 in either terminal position, it being Anecessary for the part to bend the spring When moving from one end of the slot to the other.

The line pick-up arm can be moved from the winding position to a position in which it is clear of the line by giving the crank handle |01 a backward turn. The winding direction is shown by the arrow in Figure 5, and during normal winding the end portion Vl of the lever arm |10 rides past the projections lli/i and |63 in succession, causing an idle oscillation of the lever |6|, |62 once for every revolution of the spool. If the disc is turned in the opposite direction the inner side of the part comes into contact with the face |555 of the lever arm |62, and continued movement of the disc in the reverse direction causes the lever |19 to rnove through an angle which is approximately a right angle. When this occurs the part il! of the lever moves to the righthand end of the slot |72, and the line pick-up arm moves away from the line. During the reverse movement of the lever H the end portion of the lever il@ moves past the projection |63, but the face Elli-a eventually comes into contact with the face with the result that the lever llt is turned about the axis |52 and the pick-up arm |55 is moved clear of the line. Continued movement oi the disc in the reverse direction brings the inclined surface i'." and the lever |10 into Contact with the edge or" the face |56 and thus rocks the lever hit, H32 until the arm |5| engages the stop Mil. Suiiicient friction is provided be Ween the lever |52, |62 and its pivot |60 to cause the lever to retain any position into which it is moved. The pick-up arm |5| has now been moved clear of the line and further movement of the pick-up arm is not required again until it is necessary to wind in the line. When this occurs the disc |55 is turned in the direction or the arrow, as shown in Figure 5, until the surface Ela of the lever I comes into contact with the face 55. The reaction between these tivo parts moves the lever |75 back into the position shown in .Figure 5, thus moving the pick-up arin |55 into the line-engaging position. Continuecl winding movement brings the curved inclined surface H8 against the edge of the face 55 and rocks the lever Uil, |62 back into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 5.

What we claim then is:

l. A iishing line reel comprising a body, a driving spindle adapted to be turned by hand, a normally stationary spool spindle, a spool on said spool s 'idle having 'langes at its ends, said spool being adapted to have a line wound thereon and being morir ed on the spool spindle for axial reoipr cation o t rotation, a can of hollow cup-like forro mounted concentrica' with the spool and having its open end disposed adjacent the forward flange o th spool, said cap having a circular riin as cent the spool and of larger diameter than u at of the spool flange at the end nearest the cap, rim forming c, guide for the line as it leaves the spool or i.' id thereon, a line piol-up consisting of an element adapted to engage the line at one side only, said piclz-up element being movable into and out of line-engaging position, a carrier disc rotatably mounted on said spool spindle, transmission means connecting the driving spindle with said carrier disc, said pick-up element comprising an arm on a pivot extending through said carrier disc and disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of the spool, a pick-up actuating lever on said pivot extending partly .across one face of the carrier disc, a trip lever pivoted to the body and having spaced projections for engagement by the end of said pickup actuating lever as the carrier disc rotates, stops on the body cooperating with said trip lever to limit its pivotal movement, said trip lever moving said pick-up actuating lever and the pick-up arm when the carrier disc is rotated in the direction reverse to the Winding direction, and means driven by the driving spindle for reciprocating the spool.

2. A shing line reel according to claim 1 including a, sleeve on the spool spindle, the carrier being in the form of a disc mounted on said sleeve, said disc having a slot, said pick-up actuating lever having a portion projecting into said slot, and the reverse movement of the driving spindle being limited by engagement between the said portion of the pick-up actuating lever and one end of the slot.

3. A shing line reel according to claim 1, having cam surfaces upon saidy pick-up actuating lever for engaging said projections so that on reverse movement followed by Winding movement of the driving spindle the pick-up actuating lever engages one of the trip lever projections and rocks the trip lever so as to bring the other of its projections into the path of movement of said pick-up actuating lever so that said pick-up lever is rocked to bring the pick-up arm into its lineengaging position again, and simultaneously the pick-up actuating lever again rocks the trip lever back into its original position.

4. A shing line reel comprising a body upon which is mounted a driving spindle adapted to be turned by hand, a bracket fixed in the body, said bracket having tvvo spaced bearings and a guide surface disposed between them, a spool spindle engaging in one bearing and extending through the other bearing, a sleeve on said spool spindlel a collar xed on said sleeve and engaging said guide surface, a bevel Wheel on the driving spindle, an eccentrically-mounted driving pin on said bevel Wheel, said pin engaging said collar, a disc having at its center a sleeve-like portion mounted on said sleeve and engaging one of the bearings on the bracket, said sleeve-like portion having bevel teeth engaged by the teeth of said bevel wheel, a spool for the iishing line mounted on said sleeve. said spool spindle having a, iiat surface, means on the spool engaging the flat surface, a cap rotatably mounted on said spool spindle, said cap being of open-ended cup-like form with its open end disposed adjacent one end of the spool, a line pick-up element pivotally mounted in the disc, and means for moving the pick-up element into and out of line-engaging position, said pick-up element comprising an arm on a pivot extending through said disc and disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of the spool, a pick-up actuating lever on said pivot extending partly across one face of the disc, a trip lever pivoted to the body and having spaced projec tions for engagement by the end of said pick-up actuating lever as the disc rotates, stops on the body co-operating with said trip lever to limit its pivotal movement, said trip lever moving said piclf-up actuating lever and the pick-up arm so that the latter is clear of the line when the disc is turned in the direction reverse to the windingin direction.

PHILIP CHARLES PALMER. HERBERT WILLIAM JAMES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,179,413 Kolosso Nov. 7, 1939 2,229,470 Pezon Jan. 21, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 22,597 Great Britain of 1907 909,825 France Jan. 7, 1948 

